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PIONEER OF '79 ANSWERS CALL
John H. Hills, 69, Was Early Day Freighter to Mines at Republic.
COLVILLE, Wash., Feb. 16.-John Henry Hills, 69, pioneer of near Boyds, Wash., died here yesterday in Mount Carmel hospital.
He came to Washington 57 years ago from Illinois.
During the late '80s and early 90s Mr. Mills freighted into the
Republic mines from Wilbur. When
he first came to Washington in 1879, he went to Colfax. In 1893 he went to Conconully, and from 1904 to 1915 lived at Lacrosse. He came to Stevens county in 1915,
and engaged in farming.
He is survived by his widow,
Alice Emma; seven sons, Joe, Willis and Clifton, Boyds; Elmer, Spokane; Earl, superintendent of schools at Valley, Wash.; Chester, Stevens county assessor here, and L. R,, chief deputy sheriff here; four daughters, Mrs. Helen Beltrie and Mrs. Bertha Roskam, Boyds, and Mrs. May Fry and Mrs. Viola Eastman, Spokane, and a sister, Mrs. J. C. Martin, Oroville, Wash.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday at 2 p. m. in the Bair-Violette chapel here, the Rev. Everett R. Hunt officiating. Friday the body will be taken to Lacrosse, Wash., where committal services will be held at 2 p. m. in the Odd Fellows' cemetery.

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PIONEER OF '79 ANSWERS CALL
John H. Hills, 69, Was Early Day Freighter to Mines at Republic.
COLVILLE, Wash., Feb. 16.-John Henry Hills, 69, pioneer of near Boyds, Wash., died here yesterday in Mount Carmel hospital.
He came to Washington 57 years ago from Illinois.
During the late '80s and early 90s Mr. Mills freighted into the
Republic mines from Wilbur. When
he first came to Washington in 1879, he went to Colfax. In 1893 he went to Conconully, and from 1904 to 1915 lived at Lacrosse. He came to Stevens county in 1915,
and engaged in farming.
He is survived by his widow,
Alice Emma; seven sons, Joe, Willis and Clifton, Boyds; Elmer, Spokane; Earl, superintendent of schools at Valley, Wash.; Chester, Stevens county assessor here, and L. R,, chief deputy sheriff here; four daughters, Mrs. Helen Beltrie and Mrs. Bertha Roskam, Boyds, and Mrs. May Fry and Mrs. Viola Eastman, Spokane, and a sister, Mrs. J. C. Martin, Oroville, Wash.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday at 2 p. m. in the Bair-Violette chapel here, the Rev. Everett R. Hunt officiating. Friday the body will be taken to Lacrosse, Wash., where committal services will be held at 2 p. m. in the Odd Fellows' cemetery.